The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Taco’s Javi


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    12602 N 28th Dr, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    2855 W Cactus Rd, Ste 2, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix

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    13853 N 19th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix

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    10030 N Metro Pkwy Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    11111 N 7th St Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  6. A colorful patio strung with lights sets the scene for serious Oaxacan cooking at this Sunnyslope spot, where memelas and tamales wrapped in banana leaves are just the warm-up act. The five styles of mole are the real draw, paired with cocktails built from rare agave spirits and earthy café de olla.


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    722 W Hatcher Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  7. A casual counter spot where enormous tortas—layered with fried beef, chorizo, egg, avocado, and more on soft telera bread—arrive as genuine meals for two. The juice bar pulls fresh aguas frescas and wild fruit bombas topped with paper umbrellas, turning a sandwich run into something celebratory.


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    9230 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  8. A proper Italian deli in West Phoenix where the meat and cheese counter takes center stage and sandwiches like the Italian Stallion arrive loaded with cold cuts, provolone, and house dressing on crusty Italian bread. Beyond takeout cuts, there's an antipasto bar, homemade pasta dishes, gelato, and cannoli that deserve a trip on their own.


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    3437 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    10222 N 43rd Ave, Unit 7, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    4372 W Olive Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    8727 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    4725 W Olive Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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  13. Rank 13. Little Miss BBQ

    Southern Barbecue


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    8901 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  14. Rank 14. Mr. Sweets Bakery

    Middle Eastern Bakery


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    3502 W Greenway Rd, Unit 12, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    1495 N Hayden Rd, Unit D-10, Scottsdale, AZ · Scottsdale
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    8729 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    3102 W Griswold Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix

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    502 E Thunderbird Rd Unit C Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    1820 W Northern Ave, Unit 110, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  20. Rank 20. Casa de Falafel

    Middle Eastern


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    4920 W Thunderbird Rd, Unit 119, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    10171 N 19th Ave Suite 7, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    2340 W Northern Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    739 E Dunlap Ave Suite L, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix

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    5162 W Olive Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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  25. A line usually snakes out the door of this traditional Mexican bakery in Glendale, where the pastry cases overflow with molasses cochinitos, fruit-filled pan dulce, and those giant pink pig-shaped cookies that are dangerously addictive. The fresh tortillas and chile tamales are stellar, but come hungry and bring cash—it's the kind of place where you'll want to try everything.


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    4533 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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  26. Rank 26. Alzohour Restaurant

    Moroccan Middle Eastern

    Zhor Saad single-handedly runs the Valley's only Moroccan restaurant from her combined dining room, market, and boutique, moving between host and kitchen with practiced grace since 2008. Steaming tagines of saffron lamb or fish, pillowy couscous, and her signature bastilla—a phyllo pie of chicken and nuts dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar—arrive when they're ready, and they're worth the wait.


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    7814 N 27th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    4925 W Bell Rd, Unit C9, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    9016 N Black Cyn Hwy, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    5350 W Bell Rd, Unit 130, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    18561 N 59th Ave, Unit 122, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    8375 N 7th St, Unit C, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  32. The Tamale Store is a no-frills counter where tamales—hand-filled with everything from beef and chile to spinach cream cheese—are the only thing on the menu, made without lards, preservatives, or shortcuts. A twenty-year family operation that rotates seasonal flavors and dessert varieties alongside the classics, so there's always something new to try alongside the standards.


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    15842 N Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    8501 N 27th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    7017 N 19th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    2710 W Bell Rd #1115, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  36. Rank 36. Balkan Bakery

    Eastern European Bakery


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    1107 E Bell Rd, Unit 16, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    6666 W Peoria Ave #119-120, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    822 E Union Hills Dr, D-16, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    8525 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    6101 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    5524 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    814 E Union Hills Dr, Unit C-8, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    18589 N 59th Ave, Unit 111, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    5749 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    15244 Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    16048 N Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  47. Brett Hoffman has been running this cozy German restaurant for over 25 years, turning out house-made sausages, schnitzels, and an outsized pretzel that's achieved minor fame on the Food Network. The patio glows with string lights and giant beers under a vaguely Bavarian sky, making it feel like a corner of the Old World transplanted to Glendale.


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    5739 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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  48. Rank 48. Great Wall

    Cantonese Chinese

    A sprawling dim sum hall in the West Valley where carts of Cantonese staples trundle past your table and weekend afternoons descend into controlled chaos, with crowds queuing for lacquered duck, chewy lo mein, and fried wontons. It's the kind of place where you point at what you want and let the noise and bustle of hungry diners around you make the meal feel like an event.


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    3446 W Camelback Rd, Unit 155, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    15834 N Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    6522 N 16th St, Unit 6, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    5713 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    7015 N 58th Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    5704 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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  54. The owners opened City of Spice after tiring of mediocre Indian food around Phoenix, and their families' restaurant pedigree shows in every plate—there are shatteringly crisp dosa, silky malai kofta, and expertly balanced biryanis, with explanatory slides overhead encouraging you to try something unfamiliar. The staff guides you through the menu with genuine warmth, making this a casual neighborhood spot where you feel welcomed whether you're ordering your go-to dish or taking a chance on something new.


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    2945 E Bell Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  55. Rank 55. Otro Cafe

    Mexico City-Style Mexican

    A colorful, modern neighborhood spot in uptown Phoenix where weekend brunch tables go fast and the salsas pack real heat. Chef Doug Robson's Mexico City-style menu shines with crispy papas fritas and cajeta pancakes topped with banana, crème fraîche, caramel, and candied peanuts.


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    6035 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    13623 N 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    903 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  58. The owners of this seafood counter in Uptown Plaza catch their own swordfish and deep-sea buoy fish off California waters aboard their harpoon boat, then sell it never-frozen by the pound or in composed dishes. Poke bowls, confit tuna sandwiches, and swordfish tacos anchor the menu, with grilled oysters and Mexican wild shrimp filling out a rotation that takes sustainability seriously without sacrificing flavor.


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    100 E Camelback Rd, Unit 172, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  59. After years as a pop-up and food truck, Tambayan finally landed a permanent home on Camelback in a bright, neon-lit dining room where everything tastes better against yellow booths and green walls. The lemongrass chicken arrives grilled and crispy on a banana leaf, the pancit overload reads like a greatest-hits sampler of lechon and lumpia, and the halo halo is a rainbow of shaved ice and ube that sends you out happy.


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    1534 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    5757 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  61. Richardson's is a swanky New Mexican dining room with leather booths, copper accents, and a massive marble bar—nothing dusty about it, despite the Southwestern setting. The kitchen does hearty stuff well, from carne adovada eggs Benedict at brunch to rack of lamb basted with green chile jelly and pecan-wood-grilled burgers at dinner.


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    6335 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  63. Rank 63. Oaxaca Restaurant

    Oaxacan Mexican


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    2316 W Bethany Home Rd, Unit 119, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  64. Kid Sister is an intimate wine bar on Seventh Street where Progress alumni and friends have created a vibrant, airy neo-bistro inspired by travels across Europe and the U.S. The condensed, evolving wine list offers plenty by the glass alongside chef Isaac Mendoza's small bites, and don't sleep on their spritzes.


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    4810 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    2948 E Bell Rd, Ste 102, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    5813 N 7th St, Ste 140, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    3110 E Shea Blvd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    6143 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    701 W Deer Valley Rd, Unit 1, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    6502 W Glendale Ave avenida, Glendale, AZ · Glendale

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    2301 W Orange Dr, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    6522 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  73. Rank 73. JL Patisserie

    French Bakery

    A European bakery where owner Jenna Leurquin turns out exceptionally flaky croissants, kouign-amann, and pain au chocolat alongside thick slices of quiche. The seasonally rotating coffees and buttery viennoiserie justify a morning detour, and the macarons and fresh bread travel well for later.


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    4700 N Central Ave, Unit 121, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    8338 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  75. Rank 75. The Fry Bread House

    Native American

    The Fry Bread House has been a Melrose institution since 1992, serving Tohono O'odham dishes in a family-run spot that predates the neighborhood's current wave of trendy arrivals. The pillowy namesake fry bread — whether stuffed with beef and beans or topped with chocolate — is why people keep coming back.


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    4545 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    8355 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  77. A Phoenix institution since 1977, Rito's is a casual counter spot where the green chile burro draws lines out the door, and you can get virtually anything deep-fried chimichanga-style and smothered in red sauce and cheese. The Salinas family also does a mean guacamole taco and refried pinto beans, making this a go-to for no-frills, craveable Mexican food.


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    5813 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  78. Rank 78. Süss Pastries

    German Bakery


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    5345 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    8901 N 12th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix

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    10443 N 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    5834 W Camelback Rd, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    3618 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  83. Rank 83. Valentine

    Southwestern

    A cozy Melrose spot in a midcentury furniture store where chef Nico Zades builds the entire menu around Arizona ingredients—Sonoran wheat pretzels with guinea hen butter, elote pasta with local cheese, grass-fed beef at brunch. The adjacent Bar 1912 speakeasy leans into the same hyperlocal obsession with cocktails built on foraged pine liqueur and Arizona-sourced spirits, all served in a sophisticated but entirely unsnobby room.


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    4130 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  84. Owner Tyler Smith's infectious energy fills this neighborhood craft brewery, where a rotating sour program spins out nostalgic riffs like margarita and Star Wars–inspired Bantha Milk alongside their core IPAs and brown ales. Food trucks park outside to fuel another round while you wait for the adjoining ramen bar to finally open.


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    3321 E Bell Rd, Unit 5, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    6048 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    5709 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
  87. Rank 87. Phở Thành

    Vietnamese Noodles


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    1702 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    5114 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    6335 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  90. A Phoenix rarity: a kosher deli where the corned beef and pastrami arrive on double-baked Jewish rye that actually tastes like something. The matzo-ball soup is bracingly seasoned with celery and dill, and the New York cheesecake tastes like someone's grandmother knew what she was doing.


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    742 E Glendale Ave, Unit 142, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  91. A corner of the historic Wagon Wheel building in Melrose has been transformed into a lush, intimate dining room where plants and twinkle lights set a quietly romantic mood. Chef-driven European cooking arrives as a five-course tasting menu or à la carte—handmade pasta and steak tartare are equally at home whether you're committing to the full experience or just dropping in with a bottle of wine.


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    702 W Montecito Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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    20165 N 67th Ave, Unit B125, Glendale, AZ · Glendale
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    4750 N Central Ave Unit 140 Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  94. Rank 94. Boycott Bar

    Cocktail Bar

    A welcoming lesbian bar in the Melrose District marked by a pink light, Boycott pours cold beers and well-made cocktails alongside drag shows and dancing. The event calendar rotates through Pride parties, Latin nights, and country dance floors, making it equally good for a casual drink or a full night out.


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    4301 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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  97. Doug Robson's sprawling Camelback Road spot trades his Mexican restaurant playbook for a freewheeling global menu—poke, pasta, Asian noodles, wings—all executed with the same careful hand that built his neighborhood empire. Comfortable booths and natural light make it feel less like a chef's victory lap and more like a genuinely good place to eat whatever sounds right that day.


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    300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ · Phoenix
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